The new services of BOSTON -- Comcast

BOSTON -- Comcast, in the latest Comcast product announcement, the company

said it will allow its voice subscribers to make phone calls and send text

messages for free using either Wi-Fi or 3G/4G cellular networks.Over the

past two days Comcast has made two new product announcements that could

threaten revenue for wireless companies.

The new service, called Voice 2Go, will be available through the Xfinity

Connect Mobile app, which can be installed on Apple iOS and Google Android

devices. Users can make phone calls and send text messages through the app

using their home phone number.At the same time, though, the company is also

partnering with the nation's largest wireless provider, Verizon Wireless.

The calls do not count against their wireless minutes. And text messages

bypass the carrier SMS network and are free.


BOSTON -- Comcast is taking aim at wireless operators with new services

introduced here at the NCTA's Cable Show that will undercut mobile carrier

fees for text messaging and offer an alternative to mobile data services.